Wanted: Live-in Nanny. Must be immune to chaos.

Emily Prescott left Chicago to escape a dead-end life, but she didn't expect her new boss to be John Cole. He is a rugged, stern Montana rancher with shoulders wide enough to carry the world and a scowl that could freeze water. He thinks she's a fragile city girl who won't last the winter.

John is nearly forty, damaged by grief, and trying to manage a ranch and his reckless adult children. He hires Emily to bring order to his home, not to warm his bed. He is older, guarded, and strictly off-limits. But when a blizzard traps them together in the isolation of the mountains, the professional distance evaporates.

As the fire in the woodstove roars, a forbidden passion ignites that neither can deny. When the snow melts, will the stern cowboy push her away to protect her, or will a surprise consequence bind them together forever?